Attention Baby Boomers - Muscle Cars are BACK!
Published Wednesday, 06 July, 2011 by Amanda Shoultz. Categories: News.
Muscle cars - throwback looks lure Baby Boomers and
Twentysomethings, Wall
Street Journal, July 6
o Detroit muscle-car mania is back, the Wall Street Journal said. For the first time since the Carter administration, three big Detroit brands, Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge, all offer rear-wheel-drive coupes that boast a distinctively American blend of in-your-face styling and big horsepower numbers, the Journal said. Chrysler offers a Dodge Challenger model with a 470-horsepower Hemi engine that can run from 0 to 60 miles per hour in under five seconds, the Journal said. Car lovers of a certain age may like to reminisce about the glory days of American muscle, but buyers of today's muscle cars are getting better vehicles by every measure, the paper said. These low-volume variations of modern muscle cars have a shot at becoming collectors' items in 30 years, just as their 1960s and 1970s originals are today, the story said.
o Detroit muscle-car mania is back, the Wall Street Journal said. For the first time since the Carter administration, three big Detroit brands, Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge, all offer rear-wheel-drive coupes that boast a distinctively American blend of in-your-face styling and big horsepower numbers, the Journal said. Chrysler offers a Dodge Challenger model with a 470-horsepower Hemi engine that can run from 0 to 60 miles per hour in under five seconds, the Journal said. Car lovers of a certain age may like to reminisce about the glory days of American muscle, but buyers of today's muscle cars are getting better vehicles by every measure, the paper said. These low-volume variations of modern muscle cars have a shot at becoming collectors' items in 30 years, just as their 1960s and 1970s originals are today, the story said.